Craig Boddington was the senior contributing editor of our modern gun and ammunition caliber dictionary. Craig was involved in the development and testing of many of these and writes from first hand experience. This dictionary was written exclusively for Wholesale Hunter with unique information found nowhere else.

GUN CALIBER DICTIONARY

Centerfire Handgun

10mm

22 TCM

25 ACP

25 NAA

30 Luger

32 ACP

32 H&R MAG

32 North American Arms

32 S&W

32 S&W Long

32 Short Colt

327 Federal Magnum

357 Magnum

357 Maximum

357 Sig

38 Colt Short

38 Long Colt

38 S&W

38 Short Colt

38 Special

38 Special +P

38 Super Automatic

380 ACP

4.6X30 Heckler & Koch

40 S&W

400 Cor-Bon

41 Colt

41 Remington Magnum

41 Special

44 Auto Mag

44 Colt

44 Rem Magnum

44 Russian

44 Special

45 ACP

45 Auto Rimmed

45 AUTO+P

45 Colt

45 Colt / 410 gauge

45 Glock Automatic Pistol (GAP)

45 Schofield

45 Winchester Magnum

454 Casull

455 Webley

460 Rowland

460 S&W Magnum

475 Linebaugh

480 Ruger

50 Action Express

500 JRH

500 S&W

500 Wyoming Express

7.62 Nagant

7.62X25mm Tokarev

7.63mm Mauser

9mm Luger

9mm Makarov

9mmX18mm Ultra Police

9X21mm

9X23mm Winchester

Centerfire Rifle

17 Hornet

17 Remington

17 Remington Fireball

204 Ruger

218 BEE

22 Hornet

22 Nosler

22-250 Remington

220 Swift

221 Remington Fireball

222 Remington

223 Remington

Introduced in 1964, the 223 Remington is the civilian version of the 5.56x45mm NATO cartridge. Although very similar to the 222 Remington it has a slightly longer case and a shorter neck, giving it greater powder capacity and thus higher velocity--which was necessary to meet military penetration requirements at longer range. NOTE: 223 Remington ammunition may be safely fired in any 5.56x45mm chamber, but 5.56x45mm ammunition SHOULD NOT BE USED in a 223 chamber! Standard is a 55-grain bullet at 3240 feet per second, with lighter bullets somewhat faster and heavier bullets a bit slower. The 223 is the most popular 22 centerfire today, and possiby the most popular centerfire cartridge. Ammunition choices are legion, as are choices in firearms. The 223 is an accurate cartridge ideally suited for varmint hunting out to beyond 300 yards, and with heavy-bullet loads designed for the purpose is used effectively by many deer hunters. — Craig Boddington